Ⓐ A .650 CALIBRE RUSSIAN KRNKA CONVERSION MILITARY RIFLE, AND TWO FURTHER KRNKA CONVERTED RIFLES
Ⓐ A .650 CALIBRE RUSSIAN KRNKA CONVERSION MILITARY RIFLE, THE LOCK DATED 1860, AND TWO FURTHER KRNKA CONVERTED RIFLES, CENTRAL EUROPEAN OR RUSSIAN, CIRCA 1870
the first of regulation type, with sighted barrel retained by three iron bands, brass breech-block numbered '2815', dated back action lock, full stock carved with a flowerhead on the right of the butt and regulation mounts; the second with sighted barrel retained by two iron bands, brass breech-block decorated with a naïve hunting scene, scroll-engraved lock, and full stock; the third similar (losses and wear throughout)
the first: 90.0 cm; 35 ½ in barrel
(3)
Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)
Part proceeds to benefit Westminster Abbey
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Ⓐ A .650 CALIBRE RUSSIAN KRNKA CONVERSION MILITARY RIFLE, THE LOCK DATED 1860, AND TWO FURTHER KRNKA CONVERTED RIFLES, CENTRAL EUROPEAN OR RUSSIAN, CIRCA 1870
the first of regulation type, with sighted barrel retained by three iron bands, brass breech-block numbered '2815', dated back action lock, full stock carved with a flowerhead on the right of the butt and regulation mounts; the second with sighted barrel retained by two iron bands, brass breech-block decorated with a naïve hunting scene, scroll-engraved lock, and full stock; the third similar (losses and wear throughout)
the first: 90.0 cm; 35 ½ in barrel
(3)
Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)
Part proceeds to benefit Westminster Abbey
